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MESSA® from the editor STANDARD FOR CHRISTIAN MORALS
In a recent issue of "This Week" m a g a z i n e , there ap peared an article entitled, "Science Takes a New Look at S ex in America." It w a s written by Howard Whitman, "one of America's best-known writers on scientific and sociological subjects." In certain ways it was an en couraging article, chiefly because almost for the first time in many, many years there seemed to be a facing up to facts in connection with the moral degeneracy which is characteristic of the present times. It is our conviction that this moral degeneracy is due, in large measure, to the completely erroneous attitude toward sex which has been advocated by l e a d i n g sociologists,
Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland
psychologists, psychiatrists and other authorities who deal with the great sociological problems which exist in our modern-day life. It was an encouraging surprise to note in the article a quotation from a prominent psychologist who said, "There is very tangible and very present hell on this earth. It is this — the hell of neurosis and psychosis — to which sin and unexpiated guilt lead us." For years it has been very unpopular and all but taboo in certain sociological circles to apply the term "sin" to the utterly immoral acts and talk that are so prevalent even in so-called decent society today. If a young unmarried girl is found to be pregnant, it has been considered completely wrong and unwise to say or even think that she and the young man in volved have committed sin. These sociologists declare that they are merely victims of an unhealthy economic and sociological condition; they should be encouraged to do better, but certainly they are not to be condemned for what they have done. It has come to the point where reformers, in an effort to elevate society, have taken the position that those who engage in such conduct not only should not be con demned but, by their attitude, these sociologists even refuse to condemn the sinful act itself. Thus immoral be haviour has become glamorized and made rather fashionable, instead of being portrayed as the wicked deed which the Word of God plainly describes it to be. Much of the blame for this terrifying situation must be placed on the shoulders of behavioural sociologists and psychiatrists who have endeavored to minimize the sinful ness of sin and specifically the sinfulness of immorality. They have been endeavoring to gloss it over as though it were something that would be well to avoid but, if not, there
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